Stacked Bar Chart

With the stacked version of the bar, compare subcategories across groups. Try not to show too many subcategories though, or it’ll clutter quick.

Half of coronavirus deaths were in the winter

You probably knew that coronavirus deaths have been in the several thousands per…

Age generations in the U.S. Senate, over time

With this straightforward unit chart, wcd.fyi shows which generation each Senate member belonged…

Climate change in 2020

It used to be that climate changed seemed like something far off in…

NBA Players Traded, Historical Percentages

It seems like there’s been more player movement than usual over the years. Didn’t players used to play on a single team for the entirety of their careers?

Early voting volumes

As you might expect, early voting volume is high across the country. In…

NBA playoff win probabilities, animated over time

FiveThirtyEight publishes win probabilities for NBA games throughout the season. During the playoffs,…

Google search trends dataset for Covid-19 symptoms

Google released a search trends dataset earlier this month. Using this dataset, Adam…

Shift of Covid-19 deaths to medium and small cities

When this all started, Covid-19 was impacting large cities at a much higher…

Tracking the mail

With mail-in ballots looking to be more common than ever this year, NYT’s…

Red-blue electoral map and the green-gray in satellite imagery

For NYT’s The Upshot, Tim Wallace and Krishna Karra looked at how the…

Electricity sources by state

With Joe Biden calling for 100% clean electricity, John Muyskens and Juliet Eilperin…

How to Make a Customized Excess Mortality Chart in Excel

Show current evolution against expected historical variability and add one or more series that could account for the difference.

Guessing Names Based on What They Start With

I'm terrible at names, but maybe data can help. Put in your sex, the decade when you were born, and start putting in your name. I'll try to guess before you're done.

Percentage of Households in Each Income Level

What percentage of households fall into lower-, middle-, and upper-income levels when you adjust for household size?

Baby-Making Age

We looked at prime dating age and when people usually marry. Now it's time for the next step in the circle of life.

Alabama voter demographics

Democrat Doug Jones won in the senate race against Republican Roy More last…

Switching Jobs

When people move to different jobs, here's where they go.

Demographics for immigrants from banned countries

As I’m sure you know, the current administration banned immigrants from seven countries…

How to Visualize Proportions in R

There are many ways to show parts of a whole. Here are quick one-liners for the more common ones.

Computed screen time for men and women

In a collaborative effort, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media computed…